CVE-2023-3130: Short URL < 1.6.5 - Admin+ Cross Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-07-31 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Short URL WordPress plugin before 1.6.5 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Affected products

KaizenCoders Short URL: before 1.6.5 — fixed in 1.6.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: KaizenCoders Short URL 1.6.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e167864-c304-402e-8b2d-d47b5a3767d1
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e167864-c304-402e-8b2d-d47b5a3767d1

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